Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-13

Il makes an elegant and delicate costume
wien trimmed with white lace. Red,
which is sometimes worn, is too g!ar-
ing q color in the sunshine. Green,
which Is occasionally adopted in its paler
shsdes, is not very safe hue for general
use. II suits some compilations remark
sbly well. Fair girls with color look
very nice in il, especially If their skin be
clear, but many faces are rendered ghast-
ly by its shade. Pink is very pretty
color for bridesmaids dresses. Coral
pink crepe, literally trimmed with the
same shade of ribbon, which hung In
long, graceful streamers st the side OF the
skirt, has lately been worn with good Ell
feet. Speaking Of trimmings, ostrich
feathers have been much used for dress
trimmings, and several brides. dresses
nave been Topped up with ostrich ups
They have also been worn with Inc Veh'
NOTES,
There is 3 decided return TO plain
skirts.
Bopnets show 8 decided tendency to-
ward the poke shape.
Alpaca seems to have come into favor
again in Paris.
Hand painting In lieu OF embroidery On
blsck satin tea gowns is the lHtesE LAD. 1"
The newest imported French hats and
bonnets have lower crowns and WIDER
brims.
Partisan milliners are using steel or
naments very extensively in their Ia.ts
productions,
PoIonaises with only hint OF loor.ag
will be worn over velvet and az: que
broche MORE skirts.
Decided puppies have superseded the
heliotrope tints in favor, and are quite as
generally unbC coming.
With tailor maQe gowns folds OF White
corduroy at the neck and wrists take The
plsce of linen collars aud cuffs.
Nets Of gold, silver and steel, Jet lads
and other beads are not infrequ' ntly
drawn over the crowns OF dressY bonnets
and hats.
More and chapgesble ribbons have
driven the brocsded ones entirely cat CT
fashionable favor.
Gray berries imported from the West
Indies and called Jobs tears are being
threaded with let and used extensively
for trimmings.
Small toques covered entirely with
loose folds of dark red bourette silk,
without trimming, are considered stylish
with tailor made costumes.
The long reign of the tan mousquetaire
glove is over at last after regime Of ten
wears or more. In its place the manu-
fScturers have put On the market giants
de Suede of every hue. They come in
shades of dark red, Gobelin blue, Lin
coin green, gray, heliOtrope and many
shades of brown.
Street dresses have usually fronts Of
fancy velvets, lorg plated snd boutant
back draperies, or else they have the long
draperies front and back. Some suits are
fioiehed around the bottom with bias
bands of MORE velvet.
A tea gown for brunette is of cherry
India silk. The long, loose vest falling
to the feet is of dotted black tu'le, to each
dot being sewed little black silk pendant
The loose coat fronts are caught TO-
gether at the throat and fare open ever
the vest. On these edges and on the
edges OF the turned-over collars and
cuffs are seWed q line of the little black
pendants.
The latest novely for hats or bonnets is
the sudden use Of molleton or swanskini
which is TIE sort of flannel commonly
used So G table cover under the finel
damGsk. It is preferred il & bright
scarlet tint, and is then trimmed with g
band of black silk gslloon, 6 bowknot OF
black satin ribbon tying together high W
in front e cluster of black plumes
MOL eton comes in white, gray and red OF
several tints.